Reviews

I think I may be too cynical for movies like this. The pseudo science is just so unbelievable, the pacing is very slow and the main female character seemed really off for most of the film.

The basic premise is that through our fingernails (which had to be removed for some reason), a test can determine if you and the person you are being tested with are in love. Our fingernails can in fact tell a medical doctor a few things about our health. But the idea that they can indicate love however is so far fetched. And I really don't understand why pulling the nails out painfully rather than looking at them under say a microscope was the method. Also how would our fingernails indicate which specific person we are in love with? I kept waiting for the reveal that Luke Wilson's character was actually a fraud.

I am have no issue with whimsical sci fi when done well. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind is one of my favorite films. I even enjoyed Timer, a movie with an extremely similar theme. But Timer was a lot more entertaining. It really delved into the technology and the films universe, so you understood the motivations of everyone in it. Fingernails to me just felt flat.

First off.. the accents were all over the place! I don't understand why this had to take place in NYC featuring mostly Americans. It was clearly filmed in London and had a majority British cast. I thought it was very distracting. And also why do romcoms main characters always work in publishing! Magazines in particular are a dying industry, it feels so 1997.

The actual story is cute but the execution felt rushed to me. We didn't have enough time with John and Mira as a couple to get attached. "falling in love" based on some texts felt silly. The whole courtship felt like it needed more time and less shmaltz. I also felt like the whole Celine Dion as magic all knowing Cupid was kinda ridiculous.

I admit to occasionally enjoying the formulaic romantic comedies Netflix produces. I have even liked a few that Kat Graham has starred in. This one however is not worth watching. In fact I didn't even make it all the way through.

It's about two grown adults with zero chemistry that act like bratty children when a mix up happens causing them to have to share a villa. I don't really understand why they weren't angrier at the owner of the villa who was at fault. I would have demanded a full refund, contacted the site I used and roasted the guy online. Seriously they were each entitled to compensation and/or a decent solution.

The point is rather than act like an adult the main character decides to force the guy to leave in such a childish, petty and quite frankly potentially harmful way. It was after that part that I realized I didn't want to watch the rest.

I have enjoyed the main cast in other things but this was just so slow and boring. We don't get enough of a glimpse into the main couples life to see the reason for the conflict. And we definitely aren't given a reason to root for them.

If you are expecting an intelligent, interesting take on ethical non monogamy... this film is not it. At a dinner one of the four main characters gets drunk and berates the main couple for only ever being with each other. Then he seems surprised and angered when they take what he says seriously.

I realize it's just a movie but the fantasy that everyone you meet will not only want to have sex with you but will be an amazing person and great in bed too? Haha The quickie Will has with the bartender is the most realistic fling.

The only character I had any real sympathy for was Dane. She should have told him the situation from the beginning. I'm sure he would have slept with her anyway.

There is no one to root for. Not the evil protagonist or her equally evil girlfriend, not the victim (who turns out to be not much of a victim), not the mob boss, not the judge (who really should have been disbarred for his obliviousness & lack of judgment), not the crooked doctor, not the nursing home staff... I have certainly enjoyed films containing anti heroes and immoral characters. But usually they contain some sort of redeeming feature. Or at the very least they are charismatic. There is none of that here. We do not delve into the main characters psyche. We never get a glimpse into her past to explain why she is a sociopath. She is completely one dimensional. Maybe a more charming actress could have done more. Or maybe the script was just so poorly written that no one could have elevated it. Either way this was a horrible film. You spend most of it hoping the main characters experience karma in the worst way possible.